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Any places online that I can obtain a master key from?
There is a ton but they can only provide a key for a USA VIN based vehicle.. not canadian.
These guys are like half the price of what the dealer wants, so I am hoping to find a canadian source like that.

take a look at that. been wanting to do it for a while, never got around to it.

depending on your situation it may be of help

Pretty sure my problem is beyond that. I had a thread out on e46fanatics. Basically this my problem.

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Pretty sure it is not my cars electronics. Here I will try and explain this again and my findings from the day I got my car last Sunday.

We will call it Key A and Key B. Now I will start of as they were last sunday before I started any programming/initializations and gut swapping.

Both Key A and Key B can lock/unlock the car if the key is in the door, the old fashioned way basically.

Key A: Can remotely unlock/lock the car, once the key is put in the ignition after passing all the on/accessories positions it just stops and will not do the last crank in order to start the engine.

Key B: Does not remotely unlock/lock the car but once the key is in ignition will start the car without any issues.

So what I figured, must be a issue in the cut of the key (the one that won't start the car). So I opened up the key to swap the guts out and be done with it.

Swap the guts, bring both keys to the car (carefully noted which one was the key that actually used to start the car) program the keys same was at the video above shows. Same issue as before one starts the other doesn't and one remote unlocks/lock while other doesn't...

I thought to myself okay wtf.. I just swapped the guts now the key that used to start will not anymore but it can unlock/lock remotely.

While the guy that wasn't able to start is now able to do it...

So what I did is then I just took the guts swapped them back without any programming.

And I am back to the same thing as before, the key with the guts that will remotely unlock/lock will not start the car.

But the key that can't do remote unlocking/lock will start the car.

I guess there is something in the chip that talks to the car, I am assuming the chip that actually works with remotely unlocking/locking has something defective that talks to the vehicle and prevents the starting?

^^one of your keys (key A) has a bad EWS transponder (the little chip the guy popped out in the DIY). Swap only that to key B, and you should have one working key.

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^^one of your keys (key A) has a bad EWS transponder (the little chip the guy popped out in the DIY). Swap only that to key B, and you should have one working key.

Yah thats what I figured, only problem is my transponder is not a nice little box like that..

Quick question, How close does the key need to be so that the EWS actually picks it up? What I thought about doing just leaving one key close to the EWS and then just start the vehicle with the other. Would that even work?

Try taping the key that works to start the car under the steering column. The other key should now do everything.

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I run a canadian led kit & hid kit company, if you have any questions about led headlights or hid kits in canada or would like to check out our products please contact me here: http://absolutehid.ca2002 TiAg M3 6mt deoranged, dechromed, led tails, ZHP knob, UUC SS v3, GROM, OEM 220M 19's, Michelin Supersports
2006 YZF-R6, bunch of go-fast stuff